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Campaign for Liberty Urges Congress to Reject New IRS Rule

Campaign for Liberty just signed a letter to Congress along with more than 55 other conservative and free market organizations urging Congress to reject a newly proposed IRS rule targeting 501(c)(4) organizations.

The core of this rule is captured in the letter:

The IRS proposal would restrict the free speech rights of such groups by arbitrarily deeming political a wide variety of activities in the newly-created category of “Candidate-Related Political Activity,” which includes voter registration drives, candidate debates, voter guides, voting records and key votes. They would restrict any criticism of an incumbent federal, state, or local politician within 30 days of a primary or 60 days of a general election and effectively require groups to remove any reference to politicians from their websites during these windows. They even distort the definition of "candidate" to include appointees, so groups weighing in on executive or judicial nominations would be restricted.

These draconian rules will effectively muzzle 501(c)4 groups in the run-up to November’s mid-term elections while unfairly exempting 501(c)5 labor unions that support liberal candidates and causes.

Read the full letter below.

Then contact your representative and senators and urge them to reject this new IRS power grab that unfairly targets conservative and liberty-minded organizations and stifles free speech!